
Help! We Bought A Village
Across Europe, there are hundreds of remote villages, hamlets, borgos and cortijos lying empty and unloved. Following the intrepid Brits who have spotted an opportunity to breathe new life into these beautiful historic houses.
Help! We Bought A Village
Across Europe, there are hundreds of remote villages, hamlets, borgos and cortijos lying empty and unloved. Following the intrepid Brits who have spotted an opportunity to breathe new life into these beautiful historic houses.
Help! We Bought A Village
Across Europe, there are hundreds of remote villages, hamlets, borgos and cortijos lying empty and unloved. Following the intrepid Brits who have spotted an opportunity to breathe new life into these beautiful historic houses.

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Intrepid Brits restore empty and unloved settlements heading steadily for collapse, as they breathe new life into remote villages, hamlets, borgos and cortijos abroad

Episode 1: Episode 1
Kent landscape gardeners Paul and Yip explore their bargain settlement in Normandy, while Yorkshire...

Episode 2: Episode 2
In Italy, Francesca and Carl welcome the first guests of the season to their hamlet-turned-holiday c...

Episode 3: Episode 3
An unexpected delivery causes chaos at a medieval village in France. Meanwhile, Francesca and Carl,...

Episode 4: Episode 4
Francesca and Carl race against time to reopen their Italian hamlet for business. Meanwhile, a Briti...

Episode 5: Episode 5
Anneli, the manager of a restored medieval village in France, suffers a tricky time setting up the l...

Episode 6: Episode 6
Ted and Lesa embrace tent living while renovating their French village. Penny hopes to sell her Ital...

Episode 7: Episode 7
The owners of a French hamlet visit two mysterious stone towers on the edge of their land, and a cou...

Episode 8: Episode 8
Owners of a village in Limousin are in roof repair despair. Steve and Julie wrestle a water pipe at...

Episode 9: Episode 9
Owners of a French village host the local council at their restaurant. A couple spend their first Ch...

Episode 10: Episode 10
The owners of a hamlet in France battle with a wonky chimney, a couple in Limousin bring down a wall...

Episode 11: Episode 11
A couple from Norwich try to solve the mystery of why there are shoes in their bread oven. An Eastbo...

Episode 12: Episode 12
The owners of a hamlet in France welcome guests to a 50th birthday party, and a couple discover the...

Episode 13: Episode 13
The owners of a hamlet in the Limousin install a £10,000 septic tank, and a couple move ahead with p...

Episode 14: Episode 14
The owners of a village in France officially open after two years of renovations. Cameras catch up w...

Episode 15: Episode 15
A couple from Norwich get married at their hamlet in the Limousin. Meanwhile, in the Dordogne region...

Episode 16: Episode 16
A family from Manchester transform a hamlet in France. Meanwhile, a young couple fall in love with a...

Episode 17: Episode 17
In France, work is under way to repair the old church at a purpose-built ramshackle Catholic holiday...

Episode 18: Episode 18
The owners of a ramshackle holiday village advertise for volunteers to complete their renovations an...

Episode 19: Episode 19
A family from Manchester juggles renovations and running a holiday complex in France. A couple from...

Episode 20: Episode 20
A derelict building in a French village gets a new lease of life. Meanwhile, in Portugal, a couple d...
Episode 1: Episode 1
More stories of British people rebuilding abandoned historic settlements in Europe. A Scottish lawye...
Episode 2: Episode 2
A restored village in Italy prepares to host its first guests and the owners of a derelict French ha...
Episode 3: Episode 3
Burglars target a historical settlement in Puglia and a pair of village saviours in France prepare t...
Episode 4: Episode 4
A family feel the financial strain of trying to resurrect an Italian ghost village. The owners of a...
Episode 5: Episode 5
Building work at a Portuguese village finally gathers pace, there are wedding bells at a rebuilt Ita...
Episode 6: Episode 6
An ex-Olympian and his wife take on a derelict settlement in France, and a couple pick up the pieces...
Episode 7: Episode 7
A couple turn an old animal shelter into a cocktail lounge, and the owners of a village in Italy unp...
Episode 8: Episode 8
In France, one couple turn a piggery into a living space and another deal with ceiling insulation ha...
Episode 9: Episode 9
In France, a couple battle the rain to fix their leaky roof, while another discovers animal skeleton...
Episode 10: Episode 10
The owners of a hamlet in the Limousin finally move into their renovated piggery, while a Scotsman b...
Episode 11: Episode 11
An ex-Olympian and his wife celebrate the arrival of windows in their French hamlet, while the owner...
Episode 12: Episode 12
The owners of a quinta in Portugal discover they need to rewire and do extensive plumbing work. A fo...
Episode 13: Episode 13
The owners of the Portuguese quinta finally finish their renovations, and two brothers from Scotland...
Episode 14: Episode 14
At an abandoned hamlet in Italy, a Yorkshire couple drive a digger through a derelict building and u...
Episode 15: Episode 15
It's bottling time for the first wine in 30 years at a village in Italy. The owners of a hamlet in P...
Episode 16: Episode 16
Two former naval officers take over a French hamlet with some incredible secrets, and a young couple...
Episode 17: Episode 17
Forgotten buildings are found at an ancient hamlet, while the owners of a crumbling Italian borgo ho...
Episode 18: Episode 18
Power is brought to a settlement in France and mother nature wreaks havoc at an Italian borgo. A 200...
Episode 19: Episode 19
A young couple battle with crumbling bridges and Baltic weather at their Italian borgo, while the cu...
Episode 20: Episode 20
A cortijo in Spain reopens to guests, while a holiday village in France tries to get a star rating....
Episode 21: Episode 21
A man fights to save two abandoned villages in an earthquake-ravaged area of Umbria, and a French ha...
Episode 22: Episode 22
The owners of a holiday-village-turned-B&B create a living space for themselves. A man's plans to sa...
Episode 23: Episode 23
Sewage works at a holiday-village-turned-B&B lead to a fascinating subterranean discovery. In Norman...
Episode 24: Episode 24
In Italy, two abandoned villages are connected. And a man ploughs on with his 15-year project to bri...
Episode 25: Episode 25
A couple in France are up against it as they finish their gîte renovation before guests arrive. A vi...
Episode 26: Episode 26
An ancient well throws building plans into chaos at a 17th-century hamlet in France, while urgent re...
Episode 27: Episode 27
A hamlet near Toulouse is thrown a lifeline, a community of cave houses in Spain prove tricky to cle...
Episode 28: Episode 28
A landslide hits a cave settlement in Spain. Will a French village be ready for its first guests? A...
Episode 29: Episode 29
We meet an artist captivated by his Italian village with a view, and in France, a couple resuscitate...
Episode 30: Episode 30
An artist who saved an Italian settlement prepares to launch his own gallery. And there are problems...
Episode 1: Episode 1
A family of seven from Suffolk begin to renovate a hamlet in rural France, and we meet holiday hosts...
Episode 2: Episode 2
Justin and Mel return to their village in France after the winter only to find it's being strangled...
Episode 3: Episode 3
In France, Justin and Mel find horses in their field and wasps in their attic and Roberto's record-b...
Episode 4: Episode 4
After a crisis of confidence, Paul and Yip visit Italy to see other village projects, including Robe...
Episode 5: Episode 5
Roberto's bridge finally opens to the public, bringing thousands of tourists to the two villages it...
Episode 6: Episode 6
Patrick and Mihaela have swapped life in Kent to take up residence in a once-regal but now time-worn...
Episode 7: Episode 7
Dan continues his mission to make the centrepiece of his chateau watertight and in western France, P...
Episode 8: Episode 8
Patrick and Mihaela face new problems at their country estate and in Italy, Lucie and Jerry attempt...
Episode 9: Episode 9
In Italy, videogame professionals Mike and Jools lean into their hamlet's medieval history to create...
Episode 10: Episode 10
In Italy, Mike and Jools start work to upgrade the ancient infrastructure of their medieval settleme...
Episode 11: Episode 11
Ken and his partner Pauline find themselves the new owners of a French hamlet and Carrie and Ross fr...
Episode 12: Episode 12
Carrie and Ross face a reality check in Bulgaria as they fight to save a settlement from dereliction...
Episode 13: Episode 13
Carrie and Ross try to turn back time in Bulgaria and Ken and Pauline struggle to save a historic co...
Episode 14: Episode 14
In Spain, Michael battles decades of decay in the mountains. Bulgaria becomes a lonely place for Car...
Episode 15: Episode 15
Things get messy in Bulgaria, as Carrie and Ross battle to save an old tavern that time has forgotte...
Episode 16: Episode 16
Kev begins singlehandedly restoring an old quarry village in northern France and mother-daughter tea...
Episode 17: Episode 17
Sarah and Steve mark an anniversary at their Portuguese quinta while Carol and Beau continue to face...
Episode 18: Episode 18
Carol and Beau's renovations are halted by an infestation at their Italian hamlet and the update to...
Episode 19: Episode 19
Kev's ancient village in northern France prepares for a modern music festival. While Sarah and Steve...
Episode 20: Episode 20
In Charente, Simon and Racheal complete their first project at their ancient hamlet - with breathtak...
Episode 21: Episode 21
In the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France, disaster strikes just before Nicky and Graham prepare to...
Episode 22: Episode 22
Francessca and Carl set up a new business venture to help fund the renovation of their second ghost...
Episode 23: Episode 23
In Normandy, Hayley and Lee try to master the craft of lime mortaring and an obstacle stands in the...
Episode 24: Episode 24
The steep and winding roads cause problems for Francessca and Carl as they try to transport a heavy...
Episode 25: Episode 25
In Normandy, Hayley and Lee deal with the fallout from some very wet and windy weather. In Italy, Fr...
Episode 26: Episode 26
Becci and Micheal from Doncaster are beginning to turn a run-down Portuguese quinta into a family ho...
Episode 27: Episode 27
In Portugal, a precarious ancient roof concerns Becci and Micheal. In Italy, emergency repair work d...
Episode 28: Episode 28
Louise and Paul uncover their 300-year-old French hamlet's fascinating past. There's more damage to...
Episode 29: Episode 29
In France, Liz and Dave battle storms to save a crumbling cottage. In Montenegro, Anya hopes to brin...
Episode 30: Episode 30
Ivano and Tracey race to get their Italian trulli village guest-ready. In Montenegro, Anya meets Geo...
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